"Art moves away from reality and invents something that may be ultimately more accurate about the world than what a photograph can depict." - Howard Zinn
"To draw , you must close your eyes and sing." - Pablo Picasso
"You can have what you want, if you brave what you fear and do what you can." - The Universe
"Laugh at yourself, not with ridicule but with objectivity and acceptance of self." - C. W. Metcal
"Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition." - W. H. Auden, Anglo-American poet